Title: Scientometric evaluation of International Journal of Business Excellence (2008-2019)

Authors: Santosh Satyanarayan Baheti; Usha Lenka

Addresses: Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, Department of Management Studies, Roorkee 247667, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India ' Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee, Department of Management Studies, Roorkee 247667, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract: International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX) is a journal in the field of business, management, and accounting, which was founded in 2008. This paper provides a comprehensive scientometric overview of the journal and 536 publications from 2008 to 10 September 2019. A total of 536 articles published were carefully reviewed and subjected to scientometric data analysis techniques. The study focuses on publishing trend, citation analysis, co-occurrence analysis, authorship pattern, nature of articles, statistical tools and techniques adopted in research, institutional collaboration of authors, influential authors, influential articles, and industry-wise analysis. The number of articles being published in International Journal of Business Excellence has shown an upward trend. Authors from 60 countries contributed for the growth of literature. The study has also emphasised on research articles on creativity and innovation domain in the organisational context. The study shows that 40.85% of the total articles were contributed by Indian authors and 16% of the total studies were contributed by Centrally Funded Technical Institutes from India.

Keywords: scientometric analysis; citation analysis; business excellence.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2021.119756

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2021 Vol.25 No.4, pp.515 - 548

Received: 09 Apr 2019
Accepted: 28 Sep 2019
Published online: 20 Dec 2021 *

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